Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Movin\' Monkeys

Daycare home. My set is SO hard to connect, especially the green panels. Like adult hard, and even I have trouble not because I'm not strong enough but because the plastic starts to bend and creak and would break.

My daughter loved the monkeys but they get in the way of the ropes and screws and it gets really hard to steer the handle. Gears pop out of their sockets because of the stuck monkeys. They also fall from the trees very easily. When you want to turn the handle you need to hold the thing in its place but there is nothing to hold on to. This an engineering game that is not engineers good enough. With these flaws, it should have been much cheaper.

A game and challenge for the budding engineer. My 5 year old "loved how the moneys move" Great challenge for grown to read the instructions to the buddy engineer for them to build. Matches colours and windy bits. Little brown pieces are a little fiddly but perfectly workable with. Monkeys move from one end to the other and then spin around too. Lots of combinations to build and to be able to make your own creation turn was fabulous. Kept our 5 years entertained for a good hour….comes in a handy carry box too.

My lil monkey is 3.5 years old and absolutely loves these monkeys! He's been hanging them from the trees and the branches, and thought it was the best thing when turning the handle made the monkeys move. A great demonstration of cause and effect. He's also discovered that turning the handle as fast as possible makes the gears spin nice and loud and can even send the monkeys flying from the tree tops, which he finds hilarious – I told you he was a monkey! We constructed the set as per the instructions as a family as he's a little too young to do this on his own. My only criticism of this set is that the instructions weren't super clear, and we ended up copying from the picture on the box instead. Since then we've taken the set apart (the box is great quality for storing the set in and even has a carry handle), and he has constructed smaller, simple setups on his own, only occasionally struggling with hand - eye coordination. I can really see him continuing to enjoy this set for years to come.

My little girl couldn't wait to play with this, she had been talking about cogs and how they worked. Once we had put it together, using the instructions (very basic, so slow off the mark!!) we had great fun and then she went off on her own to use her own imagination to create new ways of moving the cogs. Must say that if you use the whole length, as the instructions the pink turn handle is quite hard for my daughter to move the cogs with. But when she built a smaller one, it worked a lot easier. Overall it's very colourful and "it's like a monkey disco" in my daughters words.

Miss M was really excited about this building set when I brought it home for her. Once the box was open she set about building her monkey wonderland. We used the instructions for our first build, although she would have been more than happy simply fitting the pieces together in whatever way she wanted. Once she understood how to interpret the instructions herself I encouraged Miss M to independently build the jungle, encouraging her problem-solving skills. There were a few steps which she became stuck on that weren't overly clear in the instructions as to what way round pieces should go but we worked them through them together to complete the build. There were also a few fiddly gears that needed adult help in fixing together as Miss M didn't quite have the strength needed but all in all she found the set easy to use and the enjoyable to build. Different jungle builds have been created straight from her imagination since and she loves the bright colours and pretty flower parts. We already had the deluxe Gears set so have been combining the two to extend the creative play.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My son is 4 and enjoys putting the gears together in different ways and of course loves playing with the monkeys. The toy is great problem solving and cognitive thinking.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My 6 yr old granddaughter and I sat down one afternoon after receiving this it's really cute but some of the pieces were even hard for me to snap together. She loved the little gears and all the monkeys. An older kid could probably put pieces together better.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The children had a great time putting the Movin Monkeys Building Set together. The weather has been too hot for the little ones to play outside so they have been building different jungle gyms for the monkeys to play on. I would recommend this building set for others to play with. The children thought it was fairly easy to put together and continue to play with it every day.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My son sat down and played with this toy for hours! He really loves building things and creating things. I had to help him follow the directions that were provided. He ended up making his own little creation with everything!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My twin 4 year olds loved the monkeys. We took out all the pieces and they right away started building something. They commented that it reminded them of something they build and play with at school. I wish there was a bag or durable box to store them in after play bc there are so many pieces and I fear losing some.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My kids at my center love playing with these, whether trying to make the longest set they can or see how tall a tree can go. The gears are a great way for them to see how gears work even if they don't quite understand it yet.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My four year old son and seven year old daughter and myself played with this toy when we initially received it. The instructions are a little unclear to build the "main project" so we changed it up and were building our own play set. Both children really enjoyed it. We have played with it a bunch of times since. My daughter even had a friend over last night and they played with it for an hour! It's a very fun toy that I would recommend. I have never heard of this toy prior to receiving it, but we were excited to try it. It's somewhat similar to other group play sets we have but my kids really enjoy it. I would purchase this item if we didn't already have it and would recommend it to other parents.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My grandson and granddaughter loved how the gears moved ! My 4 year old grandson did better than my 2 year old granddaughter.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My kids loves this toy. It kept them going for hours. My oldest would wake up asking to play With it. We use in different ways. It helps my son to concentrate and we use it to count as well. I love learning resources their stuff always amazes me.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Wow! We have a rambunctious bunch of kids over here but this Gears! Gears! Gears! Movin' Money's set brought them all right over to the table as soon as I brought it out. We all sat down and worked together, following the clear instructions to build the included example of the Jungle. My preschooler did have a bit of difficulty putting the trees together at first as the pieces do fit very snugly together but in no time he was building them as fast as I could hand him the pieces. Everything is made of durable, thick plastic so everything stays together nicely. Not even the toddler could knock our trees down. Watching them discover that turning one crank made the entire jungle spring to life was such a delight. They spent the next few hours designing their own jungle sets and connecting everything together. It's definitely become a favorite sit down activity for them. Perfect for them to play alone or together!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I had never heard of anything like this before and once I received it I was a little nervous about assembly but as a family we all got together and put it together pretty easily actually I was surprised my 9 year old and my 13 year old had so much fun with it building there own attractions and connecting the monkeys we all absolutely loves playing this game and I will continue to promote and purchase for the rest of my family nieces and nephews for sure!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This toy was so much fun to put together. My five year old wasn't able to follow the instructions, and even I struggled with them a little, but we had a blast working together to build it. He was so excited to see it coming together and was pumped when we got it completed and working. He can't wait to work on a bunch of creative new ways to put it together!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Kids had fun building it and moving the gears!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We've enjoy building and exploring new things, learn shapes,kind, colors and most of all binding quality time mom and son